Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Centralia, WA Crime Grade
How Centralia grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Washington — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
7/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Centralia, WA was 265.2 per 100,000 residents (51 incidents over a population of 19,231). That puts Centralia 18% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 6% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Centralia #2,467 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #60 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and up 12% over the last five years.
Centralia, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Washington Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 265.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,467 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #60 of 91
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- up 12%
- Population
- 19,231
- Reporting agency
- Centralia Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Centralia Police Department (FBI ORI WA0210100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Centralia, WA
Also known as
- Skookumchuck
- Centerville
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Centralia (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Centralia vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 237.2(43) | 337.0(64) | 425.6(81) | 290.7(55) | 265.2(51) |
| Murder | 5.5(1) | 15.8(3) | 31.5(6) | 10.6(2) | 5.2(1) |
| Rape | 71.7(13) | 68.4(13) | 131.4(25) | 79.3(15) | 78.0(15) |
| Robbery | 22.1(4) | 63.2(12) | 42.0(8) | 58.1(11) | 31.2(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 137.9(25) | 189.5(36) | 220.7(42) | 142.7(27) | 150.8(29) |
| Property crime | 3645.7(661) | 5154.5(979) | 3536.3(673) | 2780.3(526) | 2267.2(436) |
| Burglary | 568.1(103) | 658.1(125) | 614.8(117) | 401.7(76) | 322.4(62) |
| Larceny | 2730.1(495) | 3843.5(730) | 2548.5(485) | 2193.6(415) | 1809.6(348) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 325.4(59) | 626.5(119) | 325.8(62) | 169.1(32) | 109.2(21) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Centralia, WA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Centralia Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Centralia calculated?
- Centralia's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Washington state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Washington cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Centralia Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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